Chris Conover

Product Manager and Design Lead, Area 120 at Google

San Francisco, California

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Experience

  • Google

    7 yrs 5 mos

    • Product Manager

      Nov 2017 – Present

      11 mos

      Google Home team ... See more

    • Product Manager and Design Lead, Area 120

      Aug 2016 – Nov 2017

      1 yr 4 mos

      • Founded project selected into the inaugural class of Area 120 (Google's internal incubator). Head of product management and design.

      "Area 120 gives a select group of Googlers the opportunity to spend 100 percent of... See more ... See more

    • UX Engineer, Material Design

      Jul 2014 – Aug 2016

      2 yrs 2 mos

      • Built a product called Gallery to enable designers to share and collaborate with their teams. Previously, I built two internal products that inspired Gallery and are used by all Googlers.
      • Led analysis of competitive landscape and participated in the broader design tool industry conversation to influence our vision and roadmap. ... See more

    • Web Developer / Designer, Sales Products

      May 2013 – Jul 2014

      1 yr 3 mos

      • Built CRM and workflow products to enable sales to execute their strategy ($XXB).
      • Responsible for vision, prioritization of features, designs, and code to meet tight deadlines. ... See more

    • Associate, Digital Content and Commerce

      May 2011 – May 2013

      2 yrs 1 mo

      • Redesigned, coded, and launched support.google.com landing page leading to a ~40% increase in the discoverability of the "All products" section (XXM pageviews/month). Developed systematic approach to personalize content across 42 locales.
      • Managed help infrastructure launches across 15+ products (e.g. Android, Chrome... See more ... See more

  • Board member and Advisor to the CEO

    Goodhertz

    Jul 2016 – Present

    2 yrs 3 mos

    Goodhertz is a Californian audio software company that currently makes audio plugins for Windows & Mac. The company licenses audio algorithms for embedding on Windows, Mac & iOS platforms. ... See more

  • Digital Media Commons Audio Staff

    University of Michigan

    Sep 2008 – Sep 2010

    2 yrs 1 mo

    • Produced, recorded, and mixed projects for university corporate affiliates, faculty, staff, and student projects including voice over sessions used for the ETS TOEFL English Language comprehension exams.
    • Designed Audio Studios to be simple enough for beginners (taught a 3 week cour... See more ... See more

  • Media Production Lead

    University of Michigan Solar Car Team

    Oct 2009 – Nov 2009

    2 mos

    Organized and executed 3 camera shoot documenting the University of Michigan Solar Car Team in their three-week race across the Australian Outback. ... See more

  • Post Production Audio Intern

    Crawford Communications

    May 2008 – Aug 2008

    4 mos

    Recorded voice overs, ADR, sound design, editing, and mixing films, television, and commercials for national brands. I even got to be in a few sessions with Kermit the Frog :) ... See more

    • Education